Cold || A Sincerely Three Fanfiction

Chapter 10- How Much Longer?

Jared's POV

I walked behind Connor and Evan into the room. The nurse asked Evan a few questions, Heidi answered most of them, and left, closing the door behind her.

We sat in silence, all awaiting the doctor to come in. Evan kept fidgeting with the hem of his shirt. I gave him a quick side hug, hoping to assure him that everything would be alright.

Connor stood close to Evan the whole time. He had officially entered Over-Protective Boyfriend Mode. I knew he was worried. We all were. I couldn't even make a joke. This was not be right time. I was smart enough to know that.

The doctor came in and sat down on the rolling stool in the corner of the room. He rolled to the center of the center of the room.

He asked some of the same questions the nurse asked, just to confirm. He took his stethoscope off of his neck and listened to Evan's heart a bit.

He frowns after a moment, and says that he would run some tests before coming to a conclusion. He took some blood and left the room.

A different nurse than the one from before takes the four of us out of the room and leads us to an actual hospital room with a bed. He gave Evan one of those hospital gowns and he changed in the bathroom connected to the room.

Even came back, a little breathless, and sat on the bed. The doctor came back into the room with a clipboard. He looked at the board, looked at Evan, looked back at the board, looked back at Evan. He repeated that a few times before saying that the test results would come out in about an hour.

The tests were probably bad if Evan had to get a room. I knew something bad was happening.

Evan's POV

I wasn't even thinking. My thoughts were completely blank. I was scared. I was near panic.

I tried to focus on Jared and Connor and Mom, but I could feel my heartbeat and I knew something was wrong. Mom came over and patted my knee.

She smiled at me and said, "It's gonna be okay." I nodded.

I spaced out for a bit. I'm not sure how long, but I know I spent a while trying to even out my breathing. It seemed like I was watching the situation from far away. I felt Jared grip my hand, but I  barely reacted, just squeezing back a little.

Time seemed to pass and freeze at the same time. Nurses came in and out, asking questions. The doctor that had spoken to us before came back in and said, "So, from what I can see, it's not good."

"Yeah," Jared said. "We thought so." I squeezed his hand a bit.

The doctor continued. "Well, Evan, I really wish I didn't have to tell you this, but... Your heart is failing. Right now, it's not major, but it will escalate. We can put you on medication, though this is only a temporary solution."

He paused. I was frozen. How does a person react to this? Jared and Connor were silent, both of them seemed shocked. Mom had tears in her eyes. She was staring at the floor.

"The breathlessness was caused by your heart working too hard," the doctor said. "We can put you on oxygen. That should help, but you won't be able to do much physical activity other than walking." He went on to talk about medication and some other things that I didn't really understand.

I looked over at Connor who was wiping tears from his face. I squeezed his hand. He didn't look at me, he just put his forehead on my shoulder. I stroked his hair and let him cry.

"It's okay," I whispered to him. He nodded, but he kept crying. Jared was still holding my hand, staring at the floor. I rubbed the space between his thumb and index finger.

The doctor turned back to me after talking to my mom about insurance. "Okay, Evan, we'll get you fixed up. First things first, we'll get you oxygen, you'll be able to breathe better, soon."

I nodded and he left.

Connor was still leaning on my shoulder. I kissed the top of his head, and he looked up at me. He said, "It'll be okay."

He looked confident in the statement, but his voice cracked at the end. I nodded.

The reality kicked in right then. My heart was failing. I could die from this. The human heart is very important to survival. If my heart was failing, then I might not make it. I was dying. Oh, my gosh, I was dying. I was dying. I was dying.

The thought repeated itself. Jared broke off the endless cycle. "Evan? You okay?"

I nodded. That was the first thing he said since the doctor told us. He nodded and kissed my knuckles. He took Connor's hand in his and the three of us sat together, in silence.

Silence seemed to work for us. We didn't need to talk. We knew. We were all trying to accept it. Realization and acceptance were two very different things.

/////////////Timeskip/////////////

I got to go home later the same day. The drive home was silent, of course. I was kind of getting used to the oxygen, and I could definitely breathe better.

Mom pulled up into the driveway of our house. We all of got out of the car and went inside. I went to my room, where I collapsed on my bed.

Jared came in and smiled. He hadn't smiled in a while. It was a nice sight to see after today. He lie down next me and said, "Connor got a call from Zoe, so he'll be here in a minute."

"Okay," I replied.

Connor's POV

I felt my phone in my pocket. I pulled it out saw the caller ID, "Zoe". I told Jared that I had to answer the phone. He nodded and went to Evan's room.

In lieu of saying hello, Zoe asked, "Where the hell are you? Also,where have you been?"

"I'm at Evan's right now. Last night, I was at Evan's. Today, though, I was at the hospital."

"Oh, my God," Zoe said. "Is everything okay?"

"Not really. I would rather explain in person. I'll be home a little bit, okay?"

"No, no, if Jared or Evan is hurt or something, stay. Call me tomorrow."

"Zoe, Evan's sick. Jared's here, too, so I could come home, if I need to-"

"Connor, no. Stay there. Besides, I'm not at home. I'm at Alana's. You remember Alana, right?"

"Yeah. Okay, I'll stay here. I may or may not see you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye," she said, and hung up.

I walked into Evan's room to see Evan and Jared laying on the bed. I smiled and lay down beside them, making sure not to may on Evan's oxygen tube.

We lay in silence. I looked over at my boys and saw both of them asleep. I shifted, trying not to wake either of them, and fell asleep.

Hi. This took me a while to write, but I'm glad y'all stuck with me.
I also want to thank y'all for your patience. I hope this chapter wasn't crap and you liked it. I can make no promises on when the next one will come out. Soon, I hope. Thanks for reading.